One of Michael’s axioms is “There is an objective reality, and I have a subjective experience of it.” Matt objects to this statement, and they unpack issues of objectivity by way of art, creativity, lies, stories, fiction, god, and humility.

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Ep 203: Objective Fiction

2022

Speech Text:
"When the seeker becomes fully aware that every person about him is a mirror for himself, there is in that realization a feeling of 'too much information'. Shall the seeker take, in complete sincerity, every word that is spoken to him and every interaction with another person as being information about himself? If so, the information stacks up exponentially as the years go by. Yet, it is true that the spiritual seeker is in a hall of mirrors. Each mirror is distorted, yet gives some information.

How does one look at one’s self? The eyes look outward. They do not see inward. It is impossible to see yourself as others see you. Consequently, it is very helpful to enter into the game, shall we say, of taking each person as a mirror for yourself, and musing upon what that mirror is telling you."
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Perception (Speech) - Mrv Kls

In this October 2019 lecture at the conference 'Speaking Truth to Social Justice' in London, James Lindsay presented a compelling critique of critical social justice and its ideological foundation in critical theory. He argued that this worldview fundamentally rejects objective truth, reason, and evidence-based methods, which are essential for genuine progress. According to Lindsay, critical theorists prioritize “strategic” theories over true or false ones, seeking to advance political agendas rather than to understand reality.

Drawing on examples from feminist and social justice literature, Lindsay illustrated how critical theory undermines fields like engineering, climate science, and education by prioritizing social power over truth. He contended that while these disciplines traditionally rely on rigorous methods to solve problems, critical theory disregards such rigor, treating knowledge as a mere tool for enforcing power dynamics. For Lindsay, this ideological shift threatens progress, as it ignores that “reality is the thing you run into when your beliefs are false.”

Ultimately, Lindsay called for a return to evidence-based inquiry and the liberal systems that have historically driven human advancement. By defending reason, scientific method, and open discourse, he argued, society can continue to make meaningful progress rather than regress into a cynicism that treats truth as a mere strategy for political ends.

Viewers will find this talk interesting not just for its contents but also for the glimpse back in time by five years, which allows them to see how the views expressed have matured and developed over the intervening time.

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The Thing You Run Into When Your Beliefs Are False | James Lindsay

Matt and Dave talk about what being a real man means, objectivity, The Right Stuff and Gus Grisham, combat vets, iRobot, infallibility, and other stuff.

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Being a Real Man

This podcast is a discussion analyzing an article called "The Justice Trap: How We Confuse Bias for Virtue." It explores various cognitive biases, particularly focusing on naive realism (the belief that we see the world objectively while others are biased).
The hosts discuss:

How bias influences our thinking and decision-making
The concept of "righteousness" as bias disguised as virtue
How echo chambers and filter bubbles reinforce our existing beliefs
Five approaches to overcome bias:

-Intellectual humility (being open to being wrong)
-The "steel man" technique (strengthening opposing arguments)
-Seeking diverse information sources
-Creating spaces for non-polarized conversations
-Distinguishing between people and their positions

They also share a "Personal Checkpoint System" with eight methods to identify bias in oneself:

-The "uh oh gut check" (questioning certainty)
-The "reversible raincoat test" (checking for double standards)
-The emotional audit (examining emotional motivations)
-The media diet check (reviewing information sources)
-The steel person challenge (understanding opposing views)
-The complexity detector (recognizing nuance)
-The flip-flop inventory (reviewing changed beliefs)
-The hidden payoff probe (examining why we hold certain beliefs)

The podcast concludes with strategies for having productive conversations with people who hold different views, including using gentle questions and sharing personal stories of changing one's mind.

The Justice Trap_ Bias, Objectivity, and Judicious Thinking

The season officially started with what we call “the best office party in the world” 💼🎶🌅 — presented by theHUB. Ibiza Studios & theHUB. community.

This was my opening set for the legendary Sasha & Bushwacka! at our annual season kickoff at theHUB. Ibiza. I played right before Tsodor after Mick Wilson warmed things up beautifully. The vibes were impeccable, and my crates were packed with new music. Enjoy this warmup set at the best office party ever!

Track List: The Season Starts Here at theHUB_ [Ibiza, Spain]

Projections, Woolfy – Running Around Your Love [Permanent Vacation]
Engelhart – What You Give [The Purr]
Unus Emre – J’Adore [Mosaic Recordings]
Mystic Bill – U Won’t C Me (El Maar Remix)
Ane Brun – To Let Myself Go (Dennis Ferrer Remix) [Objektivity]
Franky Wah – Can’t Help But Worry (That You Don’t Feel The Same) [SHÈN Recordings]
Sarita, Abra, Oceanvs Orientalis – Astralis (Oceanvs’ Rattle Version) [Kanto Records]
Roland Clark – I Get Deep (Roy Rosenfeld Extended Remix) [Get Physical Music]
Adam Ten, DvirNuns – Comusa [Life And Death]
EREZ, Mita Gami – Where’s My Voice? [Crosstown Rebels]
Enamour – Jackpot [Crosstown Rebels]
TMPLE – Shakedown [One Tribe Records]
nocapz., Marian (BR) – Midnight Thoughts [Hot Creations]
Baron (FR), Randoree – Hand Clap [One Tribe Records]
Franky Wah – Sunrise To The Morning [SHÈN Recordings]
Ten Walls, Boy From Suburbs – Save Me [White Rose Recordings]
Secret Echoes – Particles [Crosstown Rebels]
Gaskin – Big Sexyz [MOXY MUZIK]
Gaskin – Paradise 23 [WYLD]
Mobb Deep, Nick Morgan – Shook Ones, Pt. III [Ultra]

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The Season Starts Here at theHUB. Ibiza (Opening Set for Sasha & Bushwacka!) [Ibiza 2025]

Like light through a prism, truth reveals many colours. 'Through the Prism of Truth' explores the search for authenticity in the clamor of modern voices. It's a song about navigating the 'circus of deceit' with courage as your compass and finding strength in unwavering honesty.

Through the Prism of Truth

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"Çift Diplomalı Deli - Zam" - Gamze Söyler ft. Mrv Kls:
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"When Fire Loves Water" - Brent Godfrey ft. Mrv Kls:
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There are those individuals who are early adopters, then there are those who are innovators. Mike Henderson aka ENDO falls into the latter category. A ubiquitous figure in electronic dance music for going on two decades, ENDO is a musician, a DJ, a teacher, an inventor, and a visionary.

Beats have been driving ENDO as early as the first year of his life when he began drumming. Entering into his double digits, ENDO joined his school’s marching band and orchestra. As a teen, he stepped into the drummer’s seat in a number of hardcore and punk bands, absorbing the influences of grunge, punk, and hardcore sounds. That is until he decided to travel to Woodstock in 1999. Here, a 17-year-old ENDO experienced DJs for the first time. In an airplane hangar with mental visuals, his life took a sharp turn after hearing Moby, Fatboy Slim, and the Chemical Brothers. Upon his return to his home state of Vermont, ENDO traded his drumsticks for turntables, and locked himself away for the next couple of years, perfecting the art of DJing.

“It was an addiction and an obsession,” says ENDO. “It helped that I was a drummer and that I had a mathematical background. Using both of these and having a knowledge of song structure, I am able to calculate when I should stop and start tracks, using my mappings to navigate mathematically so they come in and out of the mix exactly when I want them to.”

Part of what ENDO calls his DJ “Jedi training,” was a marathon, all vinyl, graveyard shifts on 90.1 WRUV FM in Burlington, Vermont called “Graveyard Breaks.” Here, he learned how to program sets, segueing into a weekly, three-hour daytime show on the station, “Hit The Breaks.” Word of ENDO’s skills started spreading. Soon he was getting booked at raves around New England.

A progression from his drumming background, ENDO’s instinctual gravitation started with breaks. From tear-out breaks to melodic breaks to clubby breaks, he can find a style that will fit the mood of the event. After a decade of breaks, ENDO has shifted into more house-based sounds. Similar to what he was doing with breaks, he seamlessly adjusts his sets: For dark, minimal, and trippy afterhours vibes, he will play techno or bass-driven tech-house on a beach—where you’ll find him more often than not—he’ll bring out happier beats, but he could just as easily drop deep house, bassline house, G-house or funky house.

“My sets are all harmonic progression. I program my iTunes with smart playlists to give me compatible songs. Every song is in key, or intentionally out of key, modulated harmonically,” ENDO says. “You can subliminally play with people’s emotions with harmonic mixing. There’s all this tension, then you give them the harmonic release. You have to tell your story. You have to find the songs that speak to you. That’s the art form, the intuition. A good DJ has good intuition.”

When the world paused due to the pandemic, ENDO did not. He seized the opportunity to remain connected with his audience by having a weekly residency, 'LINK LA,' on Beatport's Twitch, playing 3-hour sets of new music released that month. This period also saw the creation of his first-ever DJ Album, 'KEYS,' a unique exploration of harmonic mixes entirely mixed in a single musical key."

ENDO has unleashed his patented brand of harmonic mixing at events across the globe: Pacha, Marquee, and Cielo in New York, Sound in Los Angeles, Guvernment and Coda in Toronto, Stereo in Montreal, Spybar in Chicago, Heart in Miami, Sands in Ibiza, Club Vertigo in Costa Rica, as well as BPM Festival in Mexico and Electric Festival in Aruba. He has played alongside John Digweed, DJ Craze, Roc Raida, Victor Calderone, Danny Tenaglia, Carl Cox, Chus & Ceballos, and Eric Prydz, to name just a few, and perhaps given them a much-sought-after technical tip or two in the process.

ENDO’s technical know-how is an inherent gift. Once he knew electronic music was his future, he left his University Of Vermont education as a math major and enrolled at the prestigious Berklee College Of Music as an electronic music production and music synthesis major with drum set as his principal instrument. Following his time at Berklee, ENDO hosted a radio show at Massachusetts Institute Of Technology’s college station, 88.9 WMBR FM called 'Algorthythms.' Here, he was breaking ground both musically and technologically with the latest DJ gear. For his final project at Berklee, ENDO put together an exhaustive DVD tutorial for Native Instruments’ Traktor and in the process, created a new harmonic mixing system for DJs working with vinyl.

“When we were playing vinyl, you had to write the key of the record on the sleeves,” ENDO explains. “I was doing that for every record. The problem is, when you speed a record up or down, it’s in a different key. How do I mix harmonically if I’m switching speeds all the time? I keyed every record in the same BPM, so no matter what speed the turntables were, you knew the keys were matching.”

ENDO contributed to Mixed In Key’s algorithm by sending them 200 tracks a month that he played, figured out the key to manually on the piano, and delivering his results. His contributions helped improve the accuracy of the algorithm. 

From here, ENDO went on to work with Native Instruments as a DJ product specialist and artist trainer. He has taught the ropes to everyone: Dubfire, Sasha, Steve Lawler, Nic Fanciulli, DJ Skribble, Josh Wink, Dennis Ferrer, DJ Dan, DJ Craze, LMFAO, Diplo, Lee Burridge, MSTRKRFT, Carl Cox, David Morales, Victor Calderone, Felix Da Housecat, among many others. 

ENDO also has numerous online tutorials on Dubspot, which to date have over five million views, and from which he gets positive feedback from regularly. These include his DJ tutorials on Traktor—including the first ever online DJ course, “Digital DJing With Traktor,” with DJ Shiftee. As the first person to be known for figuring out how to sync Ableton and Traktor as well as Ableton and Maschine, ENDO evolved DJing for both Native Instruments programs, and has detailed tutorial videos—the first of their kind—on these DJing methods. In addition, ENDO developed and continues to teach Berklee's first online DJ course, further solidifying his position as a leading educator in the DJing world.

Recently, ENDO unveiled an extensive masterclass series on the Native Instruments YouTube channel, "How to use everything in TRAKTOR KONTROL S4". The series takes you through how to do everything with the S4 controller start to finish, and is also a full-on masterclass and refresher of the TRAKTOR PRO software.

Drawing from his vast experience in the industry, ENDO co-founded the innovative booking app AGNT, which aimed to simplify the booking process for DJs and promoters. His experience in tour managing for industry titans like Sasha, Nicole Moudaber, Dubfire, Sharam, and Pete Tong gave him the insight to streamline negotiations and bookings through technology.

Furthermore, ENDO created a revolutionary Maschine mapping for Traktor. After having the most downloaded mapping system, he set up MIDI Monsters, where he presents his evolutionary mappings as he creates them.

Making his new home in Ibiza, ENDO is immersing himself into the vibrant dance music culture that the island is famed for. Enter his latest endeavor, theHUB. Ibiza Studios, a project conceived to provide a world-class educational facility for music production, DJing, and the music industry. The project is a testament to his dedication towards nurturing the rich heritage of Ibiza's dance music scene, inspiring creativity and innovation, and shaping the next generation of electronic music culture.

theHUB. Ibiza Studios, beyond being a commercial recording and editing suite, serves as an invigorating hub that welcomes industry leaders, budding artists, and creators to share skills and learn in a collaborative environment. DJ Sasha, an artist recognized as one of the world's most innovative icons in electronic music, serves as the public face of theHUB. Ibiza Studios, along with an immensely talented team that includes ENDO himself. This team carries out their unique roles, contributing towards the collective vision of reshaping the future of electronic music and DJing.

From instructing world-renowned DJs, creating online tutorials viewed by millions, developing innovative mappings to spearheading cutting-edge initiatives in Ibiza, ENDO consistently pushes the boundaries of electronic music and DJing. His influence in the realm of electronic music culture continues to grow as he relentlessly innovates and inspires.

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